The redrawn congressional district lines that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign into law are intended to help Republicans pick up as many as four U.S. House seats in November — a scenario that would cost some Democrats their seats.

In a city as dynamic as Houston, there are certain performances that feel less like entertainment and more like essential experiences.“Fences”—now on stage at the Alley Theatre—is one of them.

At her home in Weston Lakes, Tonia Wilson envisioned more than just a backyard—she imagined a layered, intentional outdoor environment designed for connection, relaxation, and effortless entertaining. Houston Life's Melanie Camp takes us on a tour of the transformation designed and built by Allied Outdoor Solutions.

A’ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons.

The San Diego city attorney’s office has agreed to pay $30 million to the family of a 16-year-old youth who was fatally shot by police last January in what would be one of the largest settlements of a police-involved killing case in U.S. history.

First-term Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded his reelection fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson on Thursday, handing another victory to leftist Democrats around the country frustrated with unaffordability, homelessness, public safety and the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration.

The Antidote, a Houston-based practice founded by licensed professional counselor Meg Wilson, is transforming addiction recovery with a holistic approach that emphasizes gut health to enhance brain function and overall wellness.

It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies.

The announcement comes six weeks after a judge struck down the local school district’s decision to give Exxon a tax break for the $10 billion plant in Calhoun County.

“Scorigami” is achieved when a final score is achieved for the first time in the history of a sports league. The emergence of sports gambling has given way to fans who cheer for spreads, totals and moneylines rather than traditional teams. Scorigami rejects both traditional and money-based fandom. Fans of Scorigami celebrate uniqueness and chaos.

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson has won the WNBA MVP for an unprecedented fourth time.

A’ja Wilson scored a season-high 37 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season and the Las Vegas Aces held off a late rally to beat the Dallas Wings 90-86.

Las Vegas star A’ja Wilson injured her right wrist on a drive to the basket against the New York Liberty and left the game midway through the second quarter.

Mayor Whitmire has just announced a shift in his administration with the appointment of Cynthia Wilson as the new Chief of Staff.

Historic bricks laid by formerly enslaved people in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town were damaged by contractors during nearby construction, sparking outrage from preservationists during a month meant to honor Black freedom and heritage.

A man was killed, and another man and his 8-year-old son were injured after a wrong-way crash in Humble.

The NCAA will abandon a rule that stopped athletes from negotiating potentially lucrative endorsement deals before enrolling in a specific college, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says as he announced a proposed settlement in a lawsuit over the policy.

Three-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson had her South Carolina No. 22 jersey hung in the rafters at Colonial Life Arena on Sunday.

Workers at a factory in rural Ohio were up all night churning out footballs for this year’s Super Bowl.

A’ja Wilson now owns the single-season scoring record but is unlikely it will stand very long.

Dearica Hamby finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, Aari McDonald scored 16 off the bench and the Los Angeles Sparks beat two-time defending-champion Las Vegas 96-92 after the Aces scored the first 14 points of the game.

Caitlin Clark might be the WNBA’s future, but A’ja Wilson showed why she is arguably the league’s best current player with 29 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Las Vegas Aces to a 99-80 over the Indiana Fever.

Caitlin Clark has signed a multiyear deal with Wilson Sporting Goods for a signature basketball line.

It was Lainey Wilson’s night, in many ways.

KPRC 2 Investigates communication issues between builders, the city and residents when it comes to building permits.

The sound of hail pounding against Muhammad Tareque’s Sugarland home alerted him to look outside, where he found marble-sized hail.

Federal investigators say a local want ad for a yoga instructor in Costa Rica helped them capture the killer of rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in 2022.

A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement.

A judge reversed a 2022 decision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that involved its controversial “one-mile rule” to deny hearing requests.

A Texas jury has convicted a 35-year-old woman of murder in the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer.

Lainey Wilson took home five trophies including entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards.

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people.

Elisa Wilson and her husband James made a list of the expensive gold treasures and jewelry that a group of thieves stole from them over the weekend in a very thought-out scheme.

Small-scale, tech-based solutions to transportation problems have emerged as a great equalizer in the battle for infrastructure dollars between big cities and rural communities.

Lainey Wilson leads the 2023 Country Music Association Awards nominations for a second year in a row.

Willowridge senior Destan’e Wilson certainly wasn’t named the 2023 FAB Awards Cheer Athlete of the Year for nothing.

Houston agreed to tackle illegal dumping to settle a federal civil rights case. Neighbors alleged the city failed to respond quickly enough to dumping complaints in primarily Black and Latino areas.

Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum both scored 23 points, and the Las Vegas Aces opened defense of their WNBA championship with a 105-64 win over the Seattle Storm.

Country artist HARDY leads the Academy of Country Music Awards nominees with seven including song of the year for “Wait in the Truck,” featuring Lainey Wilson.

Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, now Miami is going country.

An Oklahoma woman has no parental rights over the son she raised for two years with her estranged wife, who has since started dating the former couple’s sperm donor, a judge ruled Monday.

Violent crimes across the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota have increased in recent years.

Due in September, the report was delayed to allow a full review of 2019 cases, the state health agency said. That review didn’t change the findings.

A Texas judge has refused to throw out statements made to police by the woman accused of killing professional cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson and set the case for trial in June 2023.

Methane is the main ingredient in natural gas, and it packs about 80 times the climate-warming power of carbon dioxide.

This easy recipe will be a home run!

It's been quite a year for conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson.

A’ja Wilson scored 20 points to help the U.S. beat China 77-63 in the women’s World Cup.

Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4.

A’ja Wilson has earned WNBA MVP honors for the second time in her young career.

Louisiana-native Lainey Wilson is having a breakout year as she tops the Country Music Association nominations in her first year as a nominee, earning nods in six categories.

Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and other local leaders will address the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s recent announcement that it will investigate the Texas Commission on Environment Quality (TCEQ)’s concrete batch permitting criteria and processes under federal civil rights laws.

The U.S. Justice Department says it has launched a civil rights investigation to determine whether the city’s response to residents’ complaints about illegal dumping was discriminatory.

A woman accused of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson as a romantic rival has pleaded not guilty to murder and the judge granted her attorneys request for a quick trial, scheduling it to begin in late October.

A woman accused of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson as a romantic rival has pleaded not guilty to murder and the judge granted her attorneys request for a quick trial, scheduling it to begin in late October.

Alaska State Troopers have have halted their search for a missing woman whose 2-year-old grandchild was found alone last week in a locked car stuck in mud on a rural road.

Alaska State Troopers are searching for the grandmother of a toddler found alone and abandoned for two days in a locked car on a rural Alaska road after the vehicle got stuck.

A weekend active shooter scare at a sports park hosting North Carolina’s Little League championships has shaken some of the participating teams enough that they’ve withdrawn.

The United States Marshals Service announced the capture and return of Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman accused of murdering a professional cyclist in Austin and then fleeing to Costa Rica.

A Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home was arrested in Costa Rica and transported back to the United States on Saturday, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

The U.S. Marshals Service says a Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in Costa Rica.

The U.S. Marshals Service says a Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in Costa Rica.

The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap for men’s and women’s sports programs.

The search is continuing for a Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in Austin.

On Nov. 28, 1996, Wilson did not arrive at her family’s home for Thanksgiving dinner. Her parents went to her apartment on Meadowglen Lane in southwest Houston and found the door unlocked and Wilson deceased inside.

The mother of four said part of the ceiling fell on her eldest son’s hand while he was on the top bunk, leaving it purple and bruised.

An Australian man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for the 1988 murder of an American who fell off a Sydney cliff that was known as a gay meeting place.

Rebel Wilson is headed back to the BAFTA Film Awards to serve as host Sunday and says she's “pumped'' but ”nervous.'.

In the heart of Houston’s Fourth Ward community is the African American Library at the Gregory School.

Police in the Atlanta area say a stray bullet struck and killed an English astrophysicist while he was inside an apartment.

Love is a fickle thing, isn’t it?

A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve.

Colorado police say three students have been shot during a fight in the parking lot of a high school in a Denver suburb.

Depth and a semblance of disrespect have fueled Ridge Point’s third trip to the state volleyball tournament in four years.

There is a major traffic alert in Houston.

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Mac Jones was smart and efficient, Damien Harris and James White had touchdown runs and the New England Patriots took advantage of a nightmarish outing by Zach Wilson in a 25-6 victory over the New York Jets.

Charlize Wilson needed a break. Badly.

China's Lu Yunxia finished third in the medal race of the windsurfing (RS:X) class Saturday, close enough to deny defending champion Charline Picon of France a second straight gold medal.

Nichole Wilson is the founder and editor-in-chief of Autism Moms Are Beautiful (AMAB) Magazine, an incredible resource for moms raising children on the autism spectrum.

For this week’s Voices of Houston we are sharing the story of a mom who first created a Facebook group and a magazine for moms of children living with Autism.Both have allowed so many parents to connect and to support each other, as well as, grow some new businesses.

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, shows the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation sign on their offices at White City in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)BEIJING – China is complaining anew about recent reporting by the BBC, days after summoning the British ambassador to Beijing to register displeasure over a recent article she penned defending press freedom. In its letter, the Chinese Embassy singled out a BBC Radio 4 report titled “The Disinformation Dragon” that aired on Tuesday. In his criticism of Wilson's article, Zhao said China had stated to her its “solemn position on the relevant issue." “Ambassador Wilson’s article, with a confused logic, avoids all the facts, including the British media’s disinformation and false reporting on China," Zhao said.

White Longhorns are cruising through district play. With an undefeated 10-0-1 record in their district, the Longhorns sit atop their district standings at the No. White has outscored their opponents so far this season by 34 points. Five of those points came in a district matchup on Wednesday against Wilson where the Longhorns posted a 5-2 victory. The Longhorns have only five games left in the regular season and show no signs of slowing down.

Nancy Wilson sits on her porch after returning from a water distribution site Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Houston. The city remains under a boil water notice and many residents lack water at home due to frozen or broken pipes. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)HOUSTON – The game between the Houston Rockets and the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night was postponed because of continued utility shortages in the area from this week’s winter storm. The team said the decision was made after discussions with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the NBA. No makeup date for either game has been set.

As a member of the Supremes, Mary Wilson opened for Judy Garland on Friday, Dec. 17, 1965 at the Astrodrome in Houston. [RELATED: Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76]It was the first concert to take place at the venue and tickets were priced $1 - $7.50 per attendee, according to an old flyer found online. At the time, The Astrodome could originally seat 48,000 people but added another 12,000 seats for the show. About one month before the concert, The Supremes, which included Wilson, Diana Ross, and Florence Ballard, celebrated their seventh chart-topping hit “I Hear a Symphony,” according to SoulMusic.com. AdBy Dec. 17, the song was No.

FILE - Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes, appears during a portrait session at Capitol Records in Los Angeles on June 12, 2014. Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Publicist Jay Schwartz says Wilson died Monday night, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Las Vegas and that the cause was not immediately clear. Wilson died Monday night at her home in Nevada and the cause was not immediately clear, said publicist Jay Schwartz. Following the Supremes’ disbandment, Wilson released the solo albums “Mary Wilson” and “Walk the Line” and wrote a handful of books, including the best-selling “Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme” and “Supreme Faith: Someday We’ll Be Together."

Pastors across the country say they and their congregations have responded with creativity and resiliency and invigorated community spirit even as the outbreak forced widespread cancellations of in-person services. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)The coronavirus pandemic has posed daunting challenges for houses of worship across the U.S., often entailing large financial losses and suspension of in-person services. Financially, there’s no simple summary of how houses of worship have fared through six months of pandemic. Similarly, online services by Valley Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Encino, California, have attracted new members from Israel, England and Brazil. Scott Jones, UMC bishop for 58 counties in eastern Texas, said one short-term challenge is avoiding singing as in-person services resume.

After being officially cleared, Jace Wilson will guide the Mayde Creek offense in 2020 at quarterback. Coming to Mayde Creek isn't just Jace but also his father P.J., who will serve on Brian Randle's new staff as an assistant head coach and coach the receivers. "We are extremely excited to be at Mayde Creek and to he able to compete in this Katy District," P.J. Mayde Creek is coming off a historic season, where the Rams went 9-3, making the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and the nine victories mark the most since 1997. "We're looking so dynamic on offense and I can't wait to compete against some guys in another color," Jace said.

WILSON, North Carolina – Investigators are still searching for a motive in the murder of a 5-year-old boy shot to death at point-blank range as he played in the yard of his father's Wilson, North Carolina home. Witnesses told police Cannon Hinnant was riding a bike outside his father's home when a neighbor walked up to him and shot him in the head. "They were just playing in the yard like any other day," Austin Hinnant said Thursday of Cannon and his 8- and 7-year-old sisters. "The closer I got to him, the more I realized it was something far more serious." Darrius Sessoms, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in Cannon's death and was arrested Monday in Goldsboro.

(AP) Prosecutors are investigating whether suburban Denver police officers should face criminal charges for putting four Black girls on the ground and handcuffing two of them after mistakenly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car, a district attorney said Friday. The incident Sunday attracted national attention after a video of the girls some in tears being detained in a parking lot spread on social media. Aurora police apologized after the video taken by a bystander showed the girls, with the 17-year-old and a 12-year-old lying on their stomachs with their hands cuffed behind their backs. Theres no excuse why you didnt handle it a different type of way, Gilliam told KUSA-TV. The Colorado attorney general is investigating after a county prosecutor said last year there wasnt enough evidence to charge the officers.

Vanessa Wilson was named the new chief of the Aurora Police Department this week after serving as its interim leader. It would never have happened, she told The Associated Press, had officers used their common sense to respond to what they observed. The Colorado attorney general is investigating a year after a local prosecutor said there wasnt enough evidence to prosecute the officers. Its one of a handful of investigations into McClains death, including a city review of police policies like use of force. Jared Polis told reporters Tuesday that he hopes Wilson is ready to work to increase transparency within the department and rebuild trust.

ATHENS A point of pride for Greece was touched by controversy Monday, as the countrys prime minister was criticized by an opposition party for using a military helicopter during a trip to celebrate with Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, on being granted Greek citizenship. In an Instagram post on Sunday, Prime Minister Kyriakos shared a photograph of showing him and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki at a meeting with Hanks and Wilson, who were holding up their new Greek passports. Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks are now proud Greek citizens, Mitsotakis wrote in the post. Greece offered citizenship to Hanks, Wilson, and their two children, in recognition of the familys help in raising funds for the victims of a deadly wildfire near Athens in 2018. They then used a military helicopter for a trip to the ancient theater of Epidaurus on Sunday to watch a performance of an ancient tragedy.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were the first major celebrities to test positive for COVID-19 back in early March, while working in Australia, and once he recovered, Hanks donated plasma to help others with the virus. Well, he's still donating plasma to help the cause, and recently has been gearing up for the release of his World War II battleship drama Greyhound. Before Hanks and Wilson left Australia, Hanks was working on preproduction for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming Elvis Presley biopic, in which the actor plays Presley's longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Hanks' new war drama, Greyhound -- which was also written by the two-time Oscar winner -- premieres July 10 on Apple TV+. RELATED CONTENT:Tom Hanks Donates More Plasma After Recovering From COVID-19'Splash' Stars Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah Reunite and Dish on Their Underwater KissTom Hanks Surprises Wright State University's Graduating Class With Inspiring Video MessageTom Hanks Jokes That a COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Called 'Hank-ccine'ExclusiveExclusiveImageBylineZach SeemayerThu, 07/02/2020 - 19:08

Ciara's 6-year-old son, Future, taught Russell Wilson a lot about love and life. "Being a stepdad ... has taught me, really, what love is like, what life is really like, [and] how God intends us to love," he said. Ciara and Wilson married in 2016; the athlete has been a part of Future's life since he was a baby. "Hopefully we can continue to educate, continue to understand, continue to love in the midst of the process. RELATED CONTENT:Why Ciara and Russell Wilson Are the Ultimate Couple GoalsRussell Wilson Recalls Racist Encounter Following 2014 Super Bowl WinRussell Wilson, Megan Rapino and Sue Bird Will Host a Remote 2020 ESPYS